Health is not simply the absence of sickness.

About Hippocrates

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Hippocrates of Kos (; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, named after his grandfather Hippocrates I (also Hippocrates of Kos or Hippocrates I of Kos) was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who...

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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.

Walking is man's best medicine.

Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

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It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.

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Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

Be not slow to visit the sick.

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Health is not valued till sickness comes.

—Dr. Thomas Fuller

Fitness—If it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.

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